Glen performs at the ‘Here’s To You, Ronnie Drew’ Charity Gig
Glen’s setlist: School Days Over* (The Dubliners), Sketch of a Dubliner**, Easy and Slow*** (The Dubliners), Auld Triangle**** (Bredan Behan)
*with Declan O’Rourke + John Sheahan
**John Sheahan poem, read by Glen (see below)
***with Declan, John, and Lisa O’Niell
****with everyone
[Thanks to Lissie for the setlist.]
SKETCH OF A DUBLINER
Bearded bass boom
Slim lined
Short fused
Razor sharp
Centre stage
Holding forth
Centre bar
Toasting life
Purveyor of street ballad
Crafter of story line
Discipline of Zozimus
Flirting with fame
Imbiber of the black stuff
Epicentre of the craic
Master of retort
Outwitting the heckler
Jovial raconteur
Conjuring with words
Precision timing
Knockout punch line
Grumpy at morning
Barbed wire, vinegar
Convivial at evening
Rose without thorns
Champion of the underdog
Dethroning the haughty
Sounding uncomfortable truths
Uplifting the needy
Disenchanted
Weary of applause
Wary of patronage
Impatient for the wings
Distillation of the Liffey
Salt of the earth
Dublin personified
Ronnie Drew.
– John Sheahan